Cory Thomas Hutcheson

I'm often asked for resources and advice on divination with playing cards, and for a long time now, the New World Witchery Guide to Cartomancy has been my go-to recommendation. Fifty-Four Devils is the expanded and revised edition of that guide, and it is even more helpful than the original.

Playing cards can often be every bit as intimidating a method as tarot when you're starting out (personally, I found it more so), but Cory Hutcheson has distilled the necessary information into a readable and coherent method. If you're looking to get started in cartomancy, or just to learn more about the author's method, I'd definitely recommend this book.

Meanings are given for every card -- including the jokers -- and several spreads and sample readings are given. The information in here is great, and laid out in a well-organized manner. It should be relatively simple to pick up this book and a deck of playing cards and immediately begin to read the cards (though perfection tends to takes time, of course). That's what I did with the original guide, and playing card divination had been a struggle for me to grasp before then.

Especially valuable though, are the insights given to the author's personal reading practice. He goes out of his way to remind the reader that his method is only one method (something I appreciate very much, and wish was a more common disclaimer in these kinds of texts), but his own system is interesting. Seeing how he matches the readings to fairy tales or folk tales, for example, was incredibly fascinating! The additional folklore given on playing card divination (including a short story by the author himself which was very good) was also a nice bonus that I'm sure many will find inspirational, or at least entertaining.… (altro)

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